Music Performance, B.M. - Orchestral Instruments Track

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The Performance degree is offered in percussion, piano, string instruments (including guitar and harp), wind instruments and voice.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

Music Performance B.M. students will be able to:

   • notate a newly encountered melody accurately and efficiently.
   • demonstrate competency in musical performance.
   • demonstrate knowledge of pivotal historical events, societal attitudes, aesthetic and artistic trends, and to identify their interrelationship with music.
   • synthesize technical and musical knowledge via musical performance.

Program Requirements

Non-Music Liberal Arts Electives: 3 Credits

Basic Musicianship Sequence: 29 Credits Required for Bachelor of Music Degrees

Students with a studio emphasis in piano are exempt from the two Keyboard Skills courses.

Upper Division Music History or Theory Electives: 9 Credits

Performance: 25 Credits

MUCS 430 - Performance Class 3 Credit(s) (8 @ 3 credits)
30-Minute Recital (no credit)
MUCP 499 - Senior Recital Performance 1 Credit(s)

Orchestral Instruments: 29 Credits

MUCP 322 - Instrumental Repertory and Pedagogy I 2 Credit(s)
MUCP 323 - Instrumental Repertory and Pedagogy II 2 Credit(s)
Music Electives (limit one ensemble per semester) 15 Credits. From these 15 credits,
Oboe students must elect at least two semesters of MUCP 104 Introduction to Oboe Reed Making and at least two semesters of MUCP 304 Advanced Oboe Reed Making (4 credits total)
Bassoon students must elect at least two semesters of MUCP 106 Introduction to Bassoon Reed Making and at least two semesters of MUCP 306 Advanced Reed Making (4 credits total)

Ensembles

Details about specific ensemble requirements can be found in the Crane Student Handbook.
Major (8 @ 1 credit)
Other (2 @ 1 credit)

Total Credit Hours Required: 120

Note(s)

Performance majors should satisfactorily complete the Level A audition by the end of the freshman year; the Level B audition by the end of the sophomore year; and the Level C audition by the end of the junior year. Failure to meet this schedule could result in a recommendation to change major or applied area.
Performance majors must satisfactorily complete a Thirty-Minute Recital (for 0 credit); this should be done during the junior year. Performance majors must also satisfactorily complete a Sixty-Minute Recital (registering for MUCP 499 for 1 credit); this should be done during the senior year.
A grade of 2.0 or higher is required in each music course in order for it to count toward a major in music. In courses that are sequential, a grade of 2.0 or higher is required for the student to advance to the next course in the sequence.
Bachelor of Music majors are exempt from the college physical education/health and wellness requirement.

Music Performance, B.M. - Orchestral Instruments Track

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

Program Requirements

Non-Music Liberal Arts Electives: 3 Credits

Basic Musicianship Sequence: 29 Credits Required for Bachelor of Music Degrees

Semester I

Semester II

Semester III

Semester IV